Self-driving cars that have even the slightest hope of considering such questions in split-second situations will, undoubtedly, already be better than any human

Self-driving cars that have even the slightest hope of considering such questions in split-second situations will, undoubtedly, already be better than any human driver. So when we get to the point where we have to actually ask questions like these, they'll still be an improvement over jerking the wheel in a random direction and praying. By then, perhaps, we will be able to investigate car crashes with the same rigor with which we investigate airplane crashes.